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Month: April 2018

San Mateo County

Horsley running for re-election, says he has unfinished business

April 30, 2018 4:54 pm

Editor’s note: A profile of Horsley’s opponent, Dan Stegink, was published on March 15. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley is facing re-election […]

San Mateo County

San Mateo County wants a piece of Stanford’s housing money

April 30, 2018 4:43 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors is sending a letter to its counterparts in Santa Clara County in hopes that the two counties […]

Big Head (Josh Brener), Richard (Thomas Middleditch) and Jared (Zach Woods) stare at Fiona. HBO photo.
HBO's Silicon Valley

‘Silicon Valley,” Season 5, Episode 6 — A tale of two robots, one AI and the other a VC

April 29, 2018 10:32 pm

BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor It turns out HBO’s “Silicon Valley” wasn’t done skewering our dreams and fears about AI — tonight’s (April 29) episode, “Artificial Emotional Intelligence,” […]

Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park and Councilwoman Catherine Carlton
Facebook

Councilwoman’s husband held Facebook stock when she voted on company’s expansion

April 29, 2018 12:16 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Councilwoman Catherine Carlton’s husband owned stock in Facebook when she voted in favor of the company’s expansion along Constitution Drive but […]

San Mateo County Office of Education Superintendent Anne Campbell, standing, tells parents about changes in the Ravenswood City School District’s preschool program. Post photo.
East Palo Alto

New operator selected to take over Ravenswood district’s preschool

April 29, 2018 11:05 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Office of Education yesterday (April 27) announced it has found a new child care provider for East Palo Alto […]

Palo Alto

Council to vote on locking in office space development restrictions

April 29, 2018 10:35 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (April 30) will be discussing whether to permanently limit office development in some parts of town to […]

800 Block of Schembri Lane, East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto

Man shot in a car, no arrests made

April 28, 2018 6:57 pm

By the Daily Post staff A man was shot and was critically wounded in the 800 block of Schembri Lane in East Palo Alto, and no arrests have been made, […]

Redwood City

Fair Oaks school wins a reprieve — can stay open if enrollment increases

April 27, 2018 4:09 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City School Board last night (April 25) backed away from plans to close Fair Oaks Elementary School for low enrollment and […]

Palo Alto

Planning commissioners get snippy during meeting on mother-in-law units

April 27, 2018 1:25 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A nearly three-hour Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission discussion last night about the construction of in-law units yielded minor changes to a […]

A Peninsula Humane Society worker feeds a baby fox. Photo courtesy of the Humane Society.
Hillsborough

Baby foxes reunited with mom

April 27, 2018 1:09 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four baby foxes, or kits, have been reunited with their mom after they were found by a Hillsborough woman in her backyard. The […]

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith
Palo Alto

Sheriff fires back at critics, says car-sex incident is fiction

April 27, 2018 10:42 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In an interview with the Post yesterday (April 26), Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith flatly denied allegations that she tried to have […]

phone tracking
Palo Alto

City to measure street traffic by tracking cellphones

April 27, 2018 10:10 am

This story was originally published in the Daily Post on April 9. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is implementing a new technology that will […]

East Palo Alto

Ravenswood school board votes to keep controversial superintendent

April 27, 2018 12:57 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The financially troubled Ravenswood City School District board last night (April 26) voted 3-1 to renew the contract of controversial Superintendent Gloria Hernandez-Goff […]

Sheriff candidates, from left, John Hirokawa, Joe LaJeunesse, Jose Salcido and Martin Monica debated in Mountain View on April 24. Post photo by Allison Levitsky.
Palo Alto

Candidate debate goes on without sheriff, who wanted to read a statement but not take questions

April 26, 2018 3:02 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith was barred from reading a statement before a candidate forum in Mountain View last night (April 24) […]

Stanford Law professor Mark Lemley, left, a recall supporter, and Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, a recall opponent, debated at Stanford. Post photo by Emily Mibach.
Palo Alto

Other judges are watching the Persky recall campaign, law school dean says

April 26, 2018 3:00 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two well-respected Bay Area lawyers, neither of which are connected with the attempt to recall or retain Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge […]

Moses Ahomana
San Carlos

Teen jailed in connection with car burglaries

April 25, 2018 4:44 pm

By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto teen was arrested after allegedly breaking into cars in San Carlos, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said yesterday. Residents saw […]

Ravenswood City School District headquarters at 2120 Euclid Ave. in East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto

Ravenswood district’s claim about helping the homeless is disputed

April 25, 2018 4:38 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Ravenswood School District touted the installation of washers and dryers for homeless students at four schools but a maintenance worker for the district […]

Judge Luckey
Palo Alto

Trial set in racial discrimination suit brought by Children’s Theater artistic director

April 25, 2018 4:22 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A racial discrimination suit filed against the city by Palo Alto Children’s Theater Managing Artistic Director Judge Luckey is headed to trial in […]

Varghese Muthalaly, Tannistha Mukherjee, Rohit Mukherjee and Natraj Kumar star in “Unicorns” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
Opinion

Play pokes fun at startup companies

April 25, 2018 11:52 am

REVIEW BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic Do you want to be a billionaire? Of course you do, and that is the Silicon Valley disease. As a result […]

Stanford Hospital. File photo.
Guest Opinion

The facts about Stanford Health Care’s record on patient safety

April 25, 2018 12:06 am

GUEST OPINION BY JULIE MORATH As president and CEO of the Hospital Quality Institute, which provides oversight and guidance to help California hospitals provide the safest possible environment to deliver […]

East Palo Alto City Council members, from left, Lisa Gauthier, Carlos Romero, Larry Moody, Donna Rutherford and Mayor Ruben Abrica. Photo from city website.
East Palo Alto

Former and current council members told to repay $50,000 in reimbursements they received

April 24, 2018 9:09 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto’s city manager and city attorney are asking five current and three former city council members to get out their checkbooks […]

Palo Alto

New police chief focused on recruiting

April 24, 2018 8:09 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a longstanding struggle to hire qualified recruits, Palo Alto police are still down 12 officers — but Chief Bob Jonsen has a […]

Mountain View

2 power outages reported in Mountain View

April 24, 2018 4:00 pm

By the Daily Post staff Two downed power lines left more than 1,200 PG&E customers in the dark today (April 24) in Mountain View. At 10:12 a.m., PG&E said it […]

Spotlight

Kitten Foster Parents Needed

April 24, 2018 3:34 pm

As spring brings warmer weather, it also marks the beginning of kitten season, which is when a flood of new kittens are born and wind up at animal shelters like […]

Spotlight

Wine walk in San Carlos

April 24, 2018 3:28 pm

You don’t have to drive all the way to Napa to taste great wines. Four wineries in San Carlos together took home an impressive 18 medals in this year’s SF […]

Spotlight

Free Community Barbecue

April 24, 2018 3:23 pm

The new Church of Scientology of Silicon Valley in Mountain View is looking forward to get to know their community better at a free barbecue party they will host this […]

Santa Clara County

Berkeley law dean, Stanford law professor debate Persky recall tonight

April 24, 2018 12:44 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For the third time in a week, the question of whether voters should recall Judge Aaron Persky will be debated tonight (April 24). […]

Cindy Hendrickson, left, and Angela Storey. Post photo.
Santa Clara County

Judge candidates differ on how to make juries more diverse

April 24, 2018 12:35 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Judge hopefuls Angela Storey and Cindy Hendrickson — both vying for embattled Judge Aaron Persky’s seat on June 5 — differ on how […]

2500 California St. in Mountain View. Google Earth photo.
Mountain View

Planned Parenthood buys new office in Mountain View

April 23, 2018 3:44 pm

This story originally appeared in the Daily Post on April 6. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Planned Parenthood has bought a nearly 8,000-square-foot building half a mile from […]

Richard (Thomas Middleditch) is unnerved by AI robot Fiona. HBO photo.
HBO's Silicon Valley

‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 5, Episode 5 — AI robot doesn’t like her human creator

April 22, 2018 6:28 pm

BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor As the object of increasing interest, debate, anxiety — and also a ton of money — Artificial Intelligence or AI has ripened into […]

Firefighters removed two men from this car that crashed at 240 Camino Al Lago in Atherton this morning (April 22). Photo from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.
Atherton

Power cut in Atherton and west Menlo Park to rescue 2 car crash victims

April 22, 2018 4:00 pm

Power has been restored to 3,444 utility customers in Atherton and west Menlo Park after the grid was shut down this morning so firefighters could rescue two men trapped in […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto school board may seek bond issue this fall

April 22, 2018 3:43 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After two tumultuous years in the Palo Alto school district, the board on Tuesday (April 24) will consider spending $30,000 to research the […]

Woodside

‘Catwoman’ actress Michelle Pfeiffer lists Woodside home for $29.5 million

April 22, 2018 3:30 pm

By the Daily Post staff “Catwoman” actress Michelle Pfeiffer, 59, and her husband, television writer and producer David Kelley, 62, have listed their Woodside home for $29.5 million, according to […]

Palo Alto

City settles suit over attack by police dog for $250,000

April 22, 2018 3:16 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay $250,000 to the black Palo Alto High School senior who was mauled by a […]

David Crosby. Associated Press 2017 file photo.
Palo Alto

Musician David Crosby gets into the issue of eminent domain

April 22, 2018 3:11 pm

By the Daily Post staff David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young isn’t just a singer-songwriter and guitarist. He’s also a policy wonk. Yesterday (April 19), […]

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